My Carolina Reapers and Naga Viper need help!
krystalpepper
9 years ago
As you can see from the pictures above each of the plants seem to be having different issues. I have them in moisture control Miracle Grow at the moment. The Naga Viper with the wilted leaf, I wanted some advice as to if I should remove it or not. And I am not sure why one of the Carolina Reapers has the white spots and the other with the black stem. They seem to be stunted. Any advice I would truly appreciate.
Krystal :)
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greenman28 NorCal 7b/8a
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9 years agoI'm having a hard time getting a super clear picture of it. This is best I could get. What kind of soil would you suggest for these particular plants at this stage. I recently just changed these out from seedling mix with vermiculite. Thank you for your help :) .
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